NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 172

HOUSE BILL 266

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 82 PRIVATE LAWS OF 1901, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FAIRMONT, ROBESON COUNTY, SO AS TO ELIMINATE PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 149, Public, Local and Private Laws of 1919, relating to primary elections, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. Chapter 82, Private Laws of 1901, is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately after Section 3 to read as follows:

"Sec. 3.1. Municipal Elections; Registration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or any other law, the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Fairmont is hereby empowered and authorized, in its discretion, to contract with the Robeson County Board of Elections for the use of the county registration books or for the holding of all elections in the municipality, or both, as herein provided. The County Board of Elections and the Board of Commissioners of Fairmont are authorized to enter into such contracts, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed, for the use of the county registration books, process, or records, and the registrars of the county, for the registration of voters and the holding of elections in the municipality.

"In the event the board of commissioners, by resolution duly passed, elect to use the county registration books and registrars in municipal elections, all persons duly registered in the county books, who live within the corporate limits, shall be entitled to vote in any election held in the municipality. The municipal registration books previously used by the town shall no longer be used in municipal elections and shall be impounded by the town clerk. The county registration books for the precincts within the town shall remain in the custody of the Robeson County Board of Elections.

"Upon request of the Board of Commissioners of Fairmont, by resolution duly adopted, the Robeson County Board of Elections shall hold, conduct and supervise, in every respect, all regular and special elections in the municipality in accordance with the provisions of law which are applicable to registration of voters, and general elections in Robeson County.

"The Town of Fairmont and the Robeson County Board of Elections are hereby expressly authorized to enter into contracts and agreements, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed, for the payment of any expense necessary for the purchase of new or additional materials, equipment, personnel, and for the holding, conducting and supervision of all municipal elections."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1965.